영어평가 프로그램 개발 실행연구 - 채점자 교육과정에 관한 성찰과 반성

Action research for developing English proficiency assessment program : Reflections on rater training

  This study explores a rater training program through action research methodology. A new rater training program has been tried at an university-based test center for the last four years. The first and second implementation of a new program was replanned and carried through continuous reflections-in-action. The following activities were collected or recorded among participants of program development: participants" journal writing, e-mail exchanges, official documents, and other relevant assessment records. The locally developed program was also re-shaped from the perspectives of ISLPR, ACTFL rater training programs, and British Council"s Assessment Seminar. Problems were identified and practical solutions were suggested in the second half of 2003. Non-native speakers of English (NNS) were re-valued in English proficiency rating program, and it was suggested that EFL-centered NNS professionals can effectively set up a rater training program in Korea. Identity concerns for NNS testing professionals are discussed.